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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

FRANK I-I. SOHOFIELD AND ADOLPH HERD, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO; SAIDSOHOFIELD ASSIGNOR TO SAID HERD.

SKIRT-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

Application filed September 20. 1906. Serial No. 335,400.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK H. SoHoFInLD and ADoLPH HERD, citizens of theUnited. States, residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSkirt-\Iarkers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that type of tailoringappliances known as "garment gages and markers and commonly termedskirt-gages or skirtmarkers.

The main and primary object of the inventi on is to provide a simple andpractical form of marking device designed to be associated with anysuitable supporting means or gage to provide for accurately andexpeditiously marking an alteration on any garment which is to beshortened.

To this end the invention contemplates an improved marking device fortailoring-gages possessing special utility as a marker to facilitate theshortening and evening of the bottom of womens skirts.

A furthenobject of the invention is to provide a marking device soconstructed that the same can be utilizedfor placing a welldefined markin and around the folds of the skirt, and, furthermore, to make a markconsisting of a neat dotted line which can be easily brushed off of thegoods, thereby obviating the objections attendant upon, the use of theordinary marking chalk or crayon.

With these and many other ebjects in View, which will more readilyappear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the sameconsists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts herein-- after more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

The essential feature of the invention embodied in the means forejecting a plurality of powder-jets in a straight line for markingpurposes is susceptible to embodiment in a variety of mechanical formsWithout departing from the scope of the invention; but preferredembodiments thereof are sh own in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tailoring gage and marker embodyingthe present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, ofthe marking device proper shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspecofthe marker-casing.

tive view of the marker-casing shown in reversed position from thatillustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional Viewof one of the discharge-chambers and its expelling-plunger for jetting apowder out of the said chamber in which such plunger works. Fig. 5 is anenlarged horizontal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 isa cross-sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a plan viewshowing a modified arrangement of the discharge-chambers tional view onthe line 8 8 of Fig-7, and Fig. 9 is a side view of the samemodification.

Like references designate corresponding parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

The marking device proper, which constitutes the essential feature ofthepresent invention, may be utilized in connection with any approved andpractical form of support or gage to make the complete tailoring gageand marker; but for convenience in describing and illustrating theconstruction and use of the improved marking device the same is shown inthe drawings as being associated with a gage-standard 1, arising from asuitable supporting-base 2 and provided throughout its length withscale-graduations 3, which graduations provide for accurately gaging ininches and fractions thereof the exact shortening or alteration to bemade in the garment.

In the constructions referred to the standard 1 constitutes a supportingmember for the horizontal vertically-adjustable gagingbar 4, provided atone side with a slide-collar 5, working upon the standard and fittedwith a clamping set-screw 6, impinging on the standard and adapted tohold the bar 4 stationary in any vertically-adjusted position. In thisconstruction the gaging-bar 4. subserves the function of determining theheight at which the marking device is held for marking purposes andprovides for the adjustable mounting of the horizontally-movablemarker-arm 7. For the purposes of the present invention the marker-arm 7may be rigidly or otherwise suitably connected with and supported by thestandard 1; but in adapting the same to a form of gage wherein thehorizontal vertically-adjustable gagingbar 4 is employed the saidmarker-arm 7 may have a shiftable or sliding connectionwith the bar 4.Various forms of connections for Fig. 8 is a cross-sec this purposemight be used, but a simple and practical construction consists inproviding the arm 7 at its supported end with a flanged. slide-cuff 8,embracing the bar 1 and slidable thereon to such position as may bedesired when marking the alteration -line on the skirt or other garment.

The marking device proper is designed to be supported and carrieddirectly by the marker-arm 7, and a practical means for se curing thatresult resides in the employment of an angled supportingbracket 9, theupper arm 10 of which is swiveled or pivoted at 11 to what may be termedthe outer end of the marker-arm 7, while the lower arm 12 of the saidbracket is dovetailed to detachably fit in a correspondingly-shapedsocket or seat 13, provided at the under side of the markercasing,(designated in its entirety by the refermice-number 14.) Themarkercasing is thus supported in a horizontal position upon the bracket12 in substantial parallelism to the arm 7 and is capable of being swunglater lly on the pivot 1 1 to adapt the same to the outline and folds ofthe garment being marked.

The marker-casing 14 consists of a boxing of any desired configuration,but preferably of a general rectangular form and usually constructedwith a plurality of dischargechambers from which chalk or other powderedsubstance is ejected in a plurality of jets in a straight line to make amark consisting of a neat line of dots.

Different arrangements may be observed for the severaldischarge-chambers of the markencasing, but the preferred construc tionand arrangement of parts is shown in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, of thedrawings. As illustrated therein, the marker-casing is so partitioned asto have formed therein amain central discharge-chamber 15, and theopposite side or lateral discharge-chambers 16, located, respectively,at opposite sides of the central chamber 15, but disposed in parallelismthereto. Also, in this form of the invention the several chambers 15 and16 are arranged in the same horizontal plane as shown in Fig. 6 of thedrawings, so that the line of dots formed by the powder jetted from eachof the said chambers will lie in the same horizontal plane. The centraldischarge-chamber 15 constitutes the main chamber of the casing, and thepowder-jets are designed to be thrown therefrom, prefe erably in adirect line. To provide for this, the chamber 15 is formed at the outerend thereof with a series of regularly-spaced jetori'lices 17,preferably surrounded by individual outstanding nipples 18, which serveto guide or direct the powder particles in a straight line against thegoods of the skirt. The opposite side discharge-chambers 16 areillustrated as being of a shorter length than the central chamber inorder to provide clearance at the ends for a series of laterally-curvingjet-tubes 19, which are extended outwardly and laterally from the jet-orifices 20 at the outer ends of the said side chambers.Thisarrangement is best seen in Fig. 5 of the drawings, and it will beobserved that the tubes 19 of the opposite chambers 16 are respectivelyturned in opposite or reverse directions, thereby providing anarrangement which enables the tailor or dressmaker to work in and aroundthe folds of the skirt in the marking thereof for alteration or otherpurposes. This is especially useful, since provision is made whereby thejetting of the powder is separately controlled in each of the severalchambers 15 and 16.

Each of the discharge-chambers 15 and 16 accommodates for movementtherein an ex polling-plunger 21. This expelling-plunger is in the formof a hollow box, having therein a powder-compartmcnt 22, designed to befilled with a quantity-of powdered chalk or equivalent powderedsubstance that could be used for marking purposes. At one side theplunger or box 21 is provided with a fillingopening 23, designed to becovered by a removable cover-plate 24, of metal or other material, andat its outer end the plunger is provided with an end outlet-opening 25,over which is suitably secured what may be characterized as an impactdischargescreen 26. This impact-discharge screen consists of aforaminous cushion, pad, or covering, preferably made of one or morestrips of cloth and through which the powder within the plunger isdesigned to be forced when the said screen 26 is thrown into sharpimpact with the outer end wall of the discharge chamber.

Each of the expelling-plungers 21 has connected to one end thereof theinner end of a plunger-stem 27, slidably working through a guide-opening28 in the removable end plate 29, covering the inner ends of all of thedischar e-chambers and providing convenient means whereby ready accessmay be had to such chambers for the purpose of refilling the plungerswhen their supply of powder has become exhausted. Also the outer endportion of each plunger-stem 27 works through a suitable guide 30,carried by the supporting bracket 9, and at its outer extremity the saidplunger-stem is provided with a head or button 31, engaged at one sideby the lower forked end 32 of an operating-lever 33. One of these levers33 is associated with each plunger-stem 27, and each lever is pivotallysupported intermediate of its ends, as at 34, within or upon thesupporting-bracket 9, and at its upper end the said lever is formed witha finger-plate 35, adapted to be engaged by the thumb or finger of thehand to provide for manipulating the same. Each of the saidoperating-levers 33 is normally moved to and held in its inoperativeposition through the medium of a return-spring 36, having a suitablesupport at one end, as at 37, upon the marker-casing and at its otherend engaging in a retaining-tube 38, projected from one side of thefinger-plate portion of the operating-lever. A supporting and guidingstem 39, mounted on the marker-casing and extending into theretaining-tube 38 of each operating-lever, serves to assist in theproper support of the return-spring 36 and the guiding of theoperating-lever in its movement over the spring.

As a part of the operating means for each expelling-plunger the latterhas associated with the stem thereof an actuating-spring 40, interposedbetween one end of the expellingplunger and the removable end plate 29.This spring for each plunger is of suflicient force to snap the plungersharply against the discharging end of the chamber in which it works.

From the construction described it will be obvious that when it isdesired to use any one of the discharge-chambers for making a mark onthe goods it is simply necessary for the operator to press forward theupper end of the operating-lever for the plunger of that chamber. Thismovement of the operatinglever serves to draw the saidplunger backagainst the tension of its actuating-spring 40, so that when the fingeris released from the operating-lever the spring 40 will move the plungeragainst the outer discharging end of the discharge-chamber, with theresult of discharging a quantity of the powder through the screen andthrough the individual jetorifices, thereby jetting dots of powderagainst the garment to make a dotted-line mark.

Mention has been made of the fact that different relative arrangementsof the several discharge-chambers may be observed, and as furtherillustrating this feature of the invention reference is made to themodification of Figs. 7 to 9 of the drawings, wherein the marker-casingis illustrated as being formed with a central discharge-chamber 15 lyingabove -the plane of a pair of side dischargechambers 16?, which may bearranged side by side, as shown. In this arrangement of parts it isnecessary to deflect the nipples 18 for the central chamber downwardlyto the horizontal plane of the jet-tubes for the side chambers 16 Thisis shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings.

We claim- 1. In a garment-marker, an adjustable support, and a markingdevice carried by said support, said marking device havingself-contained powder-ejecting mechanism comprising means for jetting aplurality of powder-jets in a straight line against a garment to form adotted-line mark thereon.

2. In a garment-marker, a support, and a marking device carried by saidsupport and comprising a casing having a plurality of j et-orificesarranged in a line, and a powder carrying and expelling device operatingwithin the casing.

3. In a garment-marker, a support, and a marking device comprising acasing having a discharge-chamber provided with a plurality ofet-orifices, and a powder carrying expelling plunger operating withinsaid chamber.

4. In a garment-marker, a support, and a marking device comprising acasing having a plurality of jet-orifices arranged in a line, and apowder carrying expelling plunger having an impact discharging-screen.

5. In a garment-marker, a support, and a marking device comprising acasing provided with a plurality of j et-orifices, and a powder carryingexpelling plunger operating within the casing and having an open endcarrying an impact discharging-screen engaging the wall of the casinghaving the jetorifices.

6. In a garlnentmiarker, a support, and a marking device comprising acasing provided with a plurality of jet-orifices, and a powder carryingexpelling plunger operating within the casing and consisting of a hollowbody having a powder-compartment, a covered filling-opening, and an endoutlet-opening, and an impact discharging-screen covering the end outletof the plunger.

7. In a garment-marker, a support, amarking device comprising a casinghaving jetorifices, and a powder carrying expelling plunger operatingwithin the casing, an actuating-spring for moving the plunger in onedirection, and an exterior operating device for moving the plunger inthe opposite di rection.

8. In agarment-marker, a support, a marking device comprising a casinghaving jetorifices, and a powder carrying expelling plunger operatingwithin the casing, and having a stem projecting outside of the latter,an actuating-spring for moving the plunger in one direction, anoperating-lever pivotally supported exterior to the casing and havingone end engaging said plunger, and a returnspring connected with thelever at one side of its pivot for returning the same to its normalposition.

9. In agarment-marker, a support, amarking device comprising a casinghaving a plurality of discharge-chambers, each provided with a series ofj et-orifices, and a powder carrying expelling plunger operating withineach chamber, and an exterior operating de vice for each plunger.

10. In a garment-marker, a support, a marking device comprising a casinghaving a central discharge-chamber provided with a series ofjet-orifices, and side dischargechambers having laterally-deflected jet-tubes,

a powder carrying expelling device operating in each chamber, and aseparate operating device for each of said expelling devices.

11. In a garment-marker, a main support, our signatures in the presenceof two wit a, marker-arm carried by said suppoit, a su nesses.porting-bracket pivotally carried by t e marker-arm, and a markingdevice mounted 5 on said bracket and having powder-ejecting mechanismcomprising means for jetting a Witnesses:

plurality of powder jets. G. GREENWOOD,

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix C. M. RAMSEY.

